Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Virginia for 2015

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Virginia has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 24.22% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$33,213

$34,136

$35,059

$35,982

$36,905

$37,827

$38,750

$39,673

$40,596

$41,519

LEO-4

$37,285

$38,321

$39,357

$40,393

$41,429

$42,465

$43,501

$44,537

$45,573

$46,609

LEO-5

$42,872

$44,031

$45,190

$46,349

$47,508

$48,667

$49,826

$50,985

$52,144

$53,303

LEO-6

$45,206

$46,498

$47,790

$49,082

$50,374

$51,666

$52,957

$54,249

$55,541

$56,833

LEO-7

$48,796

$50,231

$51,666

$53,100

$54,535

$55,970

$57,405

$58,839

$60,274

$61,709

LEO-8

$50,864

$52,454

$54,044

$55,634

$57,224

$58,814

$60,404

$61,994

$63,584

$65,175

LEO-9

$54,423

$56,178

$57,934

$59,689

$61,444

$63,199

$64,955

$66,710

$68,465

$70,220

LEO-10

$59,932

$61,865

$63,798

$65,731

$67,664

$69,597

$71,530

$73,462

$75,395

$77,328

The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Alexandria, Quantico, Warrenton, Fort Belvoir, Arlington, Dahlgren, and other areas within the region.

The RICHMOND, VA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Richmond and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.47% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$31,141

$32,006

$32,871

$33,737

$34,602

$35,467

$36,333

$37,198

$38,064

$38,929

LEO-4

$34,958

$35,930

$36,901

$37,873

$38,844

$39,815

$40,787

$41,758

$42,729

$43,701

LEO-5

$40,197

$41,284

$42,371

$43,457

$44,544

$45,631

$46,717

$47,804

$48,891

$49,977

LEO-6

$42,386

$43,597

$44,808

$46,020

$47,231

$48,442

$49,653

$50,865

$52,076

$53,287

LEO-7

$45,752

$47,097

$48,442

$49,787

$51,133

$52,478

$53,823

$55,168

$56,514

$57,859

LEO-8

$47,691

$49,182

$50,673

$52,163

$53,654

$55,145

$56,636

$58,127

$59,617

$61,108

LEO-9

$51,028

$52,674

$54,319

$55,965

$57,611

$59,256

$60,902

$62,548

$64,194

$65,839

LEO-10

$56,193

$58,006

$59,818

$61,630

$63,442

$65,255

$67,067

$68,879

$70,691

$72,504

The Richmond locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Bowling Green, Richmond, Fort Lee, and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in Virginia who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 14.16% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$30,523

$31,371

$32,219

$33,068

$33,916

$34,764

$35,612

$36,460

$37,309

$38,157

LEO-4

$34,265

$35,217

$36,169

$37,121

$38,074

$39,026

$39,978

$40,930

$41,882

$42,834

LEO-5

$39,400

$40,465

$41,530

$42,595

$43,660

$44,726

$45,791

$46,856

$47,921

$48,986

LEO-6

$41,545

$42,732

$43,920

$45,107

$46,294

$47,481

$48,669

$49,856

$51,043

$52,230

LEO-7

$44,844

$46,163

$47,481

$48,800

$50,119

$51,437

$52,756

$54,074

$55,393

$56,711

LEO-8

$46,745

$48,206

$49,668

$51,129

$52,590

$54,051

$55,513

$56,974

$58,435

$59,896

LEO-9

$50,016

$51,629

$53,242

$54,855

$56,468

$58,081

$59,694

$61,307

$62,920

$64,534

LEO-10

$55,079

$56,855

$58,631

$60,408

$62,184

$63,960

$65,737

$67,513

$69,289

$71,066

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Blackstone, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Radford, Virginia Beach, Wallops Island, Yorktown, and other areas within the region.